Factual & Free for all Friday : DinoRAWRs!!

Has anyone else noticed there’s usally about 3 or 5 kinds of dinosaurs featured in most movies and shows? You know, the Triceratops, the Stegasaurus, and the king of all dinosaurs: the Tyrannosaurus Rex? What if I told you that there were hundreds — if not thousands — of different dinos? And what if I told you that even my favourite dinosaur, the Triceratops, was only a smaller genus of a larger family of dinosaurs called Ceratopsians! That explains why I sometimes wonder why a “triceratops” only has two horns, or their frills (that crazy big head gear) look WAAAY bigger than it ought to! Hehe!

During my research in to dinosaurs, I came across some pretty neat resources on dinosaurs that I’ll share further down, and I’ll share some of my favourite facts with you, too! 😀

First up, the facts:

Pterosaurs and aquatic reptiles aren’t actually dinosaurs. A dinosaur is a land-dwelling reptile that had specific skeletal & other anatomical traits.

Triceratops didn’t actually have 3 horns! They had two large horns on their head, but the shorter, stubby one on their face/nose was actually made of a different material!

Raptors had feathers!

Fossilization is actually an extremely rare process. Most fossils discovered only date back to the Jurassic & Cretacious eras, leaving huge spans of time (and across certain continents) unaccounted for.

I really wanted to do a dinosaur related craft for y’all today, however, due to time constraints and a majority of my craft supplies being packed up, I’ve instead opted to post another tutorial round-up, linking to all sorts of fun & classy Dino projects you can create on your own! There are plenty of dinosaur related kids crafts on the interwebs, so I searched long & hard for tutorials that would be great for adults who have a dino-loving-inner-child. 😉 After all, we could all use a few more dinosaur items around the house!